My computer turn itself on.

[Minipaint]

My new computer keeps on turning itself on at around the same time everyday. It's usually in the evening between 7 and 9. It also turns on whenever i touch the keyboard even though it's definitely off and not just on standby, Please help it's getting annoying i can't spend stay out of the house at night without my pc greeting me when i return.

 

[JOOK-D]

Normal shutdown, then once it's powered down flip the switch on the power supply/socket.

I wish my computer greeted me...

That's a better answer :lol:
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[hairystuff]

In the BIOS there is a power management option that lets you scheduled power ups from a powered down state (off state), I actually use it to turn my PC on every day at 8:30am so it's nice and ready for me.

 

[brarboy]

you need to enter bios and disable or turn off schedule function. There might be an alarm set or any similar settings in the bios. Hope that help

 

[Minipaint]

How do I access this part of the bios I can't find it. I'm using an Asus z87 a if it helps

 

[Minipaint]

How do I access this part of the bios I can't find it. I'm using an Asus z87 a if it helps

 

[JOOK-D]

Enter the BIOS and then go to advanced settings. It should be under the power submenu.

 

[chikhar]

Just "LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS" on the main screen, Wake up functions are not set by default.

 

[brarboy]

Enter bios> Advanced Mode> Advanced> APM> "Disable" Power on by RTC.

 

[vince232]

if you dont want to access bios you can clear cmos using a jumper or take the cmos battery off the mobo for maybe a minute then put it on again then boot

 

[Minipaint]

None of these have worked guys :/

 

[brarboy]

What OS are you using? Windows 7 has stuff scheduled to run automatically, like disk defragmentation and updates. Have a look at Task Scheduler and see if there are things there scheduled to run in the time you have mentioned.
Also, if you open a command prompt to run as administrator and type in powercfg - lastwake it might tell you what woke your computer or if you put in powercfg -waketimers it should tell you what is scheduled to wake your computer up.

 

[chikhar]

Have you reset the BIOS to its default settings?

 

[Minipaint]

I'm using Windows 8
Will restoring defaults mess with my overclocks?

 

[chikhar]

It will... You'll have to arrange your OC configuration again. It will help troubleshoot your prob tho

 

[brarboy]

I'm using Windows 8
Will restoring defaults mess with my overclocks?

No, they won't mess with your OC if you are putting on default your Scheduled settings in windows. Loading default on bios, will surely put everything to default settings.

 

[Minipaint]

Ok none of the bios things work how do I change this through Windows?
I'm using Windows 8

 

[brarboy]

Disabling Disk Fragmentation:
1. Click on Start
2. Enter services.msc into the search field and hit enter
3. Find Disk Defragmenter (Enter D on your keyboard while another service is selected) and right-click on it, then click on Properties
4. From the Startup dropdown menu select Disabled
5. Click on Apply